Re: "Learn to code"-type book for students?

As many thumbs and big toes as I have up for Chris Pine and Learn to Program. I bought it for my kids, and read it for myself (and learned things) after 15 years of professional experience. 

Walter

> On Jul 22, 2019, at 6:33 PM, Kevin Kochanski <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Seconds on Learn to Program by Chris Pine (not the actor)!  Digestible, readable, and very beginner-coding.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 3:23 PM Mugurel Chirica <[email protected]> wrote:
> You can share Head First Ruby (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Head-First-Ruby-Jay-McGavren/dp/1449372651/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=head+first+ruby&qid=1563833927&s=gateway&sr=8-1)
> 
> The book is very beginner friendly (I didn't read the Ruby one, but I read a few of their books and I had a friend who is a complete beginner reading those and he liked it).
> 
> Alternatively you can use Leart to Program (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Learn-Program-Using-Ruby-Facets/dp/1934356360/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=learn+to+program&qid=1563833933&s=gateway&sr=8-1) which is very easy for a beginner to pick up. The focus is on programming for complete beginners and it happens to use Ruby as the programming language.
> 
> I have experience with both of them so I can recommend them, but I can't remember other resources that are beginner friendl.
> 
> Hope that helps. Cheers.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 11:06 PM Ken D'Ambrosio <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey, all.  I'll admit it: Ruby's my favorite language, at least in part 
> because concepts that had been difficult or overly abstract in other 
> languages were straightforward concepts in Ruby.  And now, well, I'd 
> like to share the fun.  But I had ~25-odd years of hacking and slashing 
> in various languages before I went down Ruby Road; what I'm looking for 
> is an introduction-to-programming type of thing (book, website, 
> whatever) that happens to use Ruby, *not* simply a book aimed at a 
> programmer who's looking to learn Ruby.  Basically, one that starts with 
> simple challenges (increment a variable; figure out what use modulo is, 
> or #to_int, etc., etc.) with Ruby as the fabric that ties these 
> together.
> 
> Does such a beastie exist?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Ken
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